" He lowered himself on a cable into the Vatican compound, changed into a priest costume, and infiltrated into the high-tech security area." The Marshal scoops his poker chips into his hat (which he puts on), and hen walks down the saloon bar toward Doc." He described the "very old" entity in the script that "lives for...the murder of innocents." He confessed: "I sort of think of it as a nightmare in progress." The entity "can be captured sometimes...by storytellers, of all things...for a while, it""s held prisoner in the story...But the problem comes when the story dies...the evil is set free." Craven admitted and agreed:"Freddy is this ancient thing...for ten years, he""s been held captive pretty much as Freddy in the ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" series, but now that the films have ended, the genie""s out of the bottle.As she drifted off and her eyes shut, Kristen told herself: "Dream someplace fun" - words of advice she had heard from Alice.While everyone was bowed down, the Thief grabbed the magic rope and escaped pursuit by acrobatically scampering over the backs of prostrated worshippers at prayer.